The Wonder Island Boys: Treasures of the Island | Page 3

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and take them. The trip to the cave. The Chief accompanies John to the
cave. Superstitions about the caves. Why no one but the Korinos dare
enter the caves. The hill near the ocean. The cove near the entrance of
the cave. The flashlights. Lighting the caverns. Evidences of
habitations. The escape of the Korinos. Following the trail. The outlet
to the south. Tracked to the north. Uraso and Muro follow the fugitives.
Their flight to the cannibal tribe. John and the boys return to explore
the cave. A new series of caverns. A succession of four chambers. A
large round chamber at the end of the lead. A mound in the center of
the chamber. Removing the material in the mound. Discovery of the
copper box. Peculiar character of the box.
X. THE TRIBE TO THE NORTH Page 125
The copper box taken to the ship. News from Uraso and Muro.
Explaining mesmerism and hypnotism. Concentration. The effect on
susceptible minds. The Korinos safe with the cannibal tribe. John
advises Stut to sail, north for twenty miles, and await their coming. The
march. The cinnamon tree. Cinnamon suet. Minerals. Sulphates.

Copper ores. Omens. All peoples believe in signs and omens. The
shelter for the night. How signals were made. Sighting the cannibal
village. Earthenware cooking utensils. Meet the first natives. The
dreaded Chief. A curious figure. The hunchback. A smile on his face.
The American greeting. The surprise. A white man. Finding the
Korinos. The welcome to his village. The Chief told about their ship.
On the island fifty years. Telling John about the strange things which
have floated ashore from wrecked ships. The Korinos assured of safety.
XI. THE HUNCHBACK CHIEF Page 138
The Chief's house. The relics from the sea. The hunchback Chief's story.
His trip as a whaler. Ill treatment. Runs away. Ships to China. His
rudimentary education. Shipwrecked on the return from China.
Rescued by native cannibals. Regard him with veneration.
Misinterprets their motives. In desperation. Asserts himself. Becomes
Chief of the tribe. Stops cannibal practices. His great influence over the
people. The Pioneer arrives. Ephraim Wilmar, the hunchback. His
surprise at the many changes during fifty years. His amazement at the
telephone, the cable lines, the phonograph.
XII. THE CHIEF'S FAMILY Page 148
Ephraim's wife. The family. The gifts to Ephraim's family. Delight at
the cooking utensils. John tells Ephraim about the treasures on the
islands. Hidden treasures. Learning the secrets of early humanity.
Archeology. The trip to the cave. The long journey. The cave which
had the entrances sealed by Ephraim. The peculiar kinds of masonry.
Entering the cave. Dogs with the party. Mysterious death of the dogs.
The alarm of the natives. Carbonic gas. Its nature, and how tested.
Methods for removing it. The Humphrey Davy lamp. The principle on
which it is made. Designed to indicate the presence of deadly gases.
Explosive mixtures. How a primitive safety lamp was made.
Reëntering the cave. A large chamber. The cross-shaped cave. A
parchment. The object of John's search.
XIII. THE CHART AND THE CAVES Page 164

The map accompanying the parchment. One of the Treasure caves.
Remarkable carvings, and hieroglyphics. The quarrel of the buccaneers.
The story of the Spaniard who wrote the chart. The expeditions
searching for the treasure. Death of all who participated. Great
archeological wealth. No material treasures found. How Ephraim's
story affected the boys. John explains why the cannibals feared him.
Due to their superstitions. Demented people regarded by some as saints.
Genius and insanity. Further explorations of the island. The proposed
trip to Wonder Island. Ephraim invited. He and his family accept.
Telling Ephraim about Hutoton. The curious tales that were told them
about the convict colony. The wonderful character of the people at
Hutoton. The Pioneer sails. The first time on the deck of a vessel for
fifty-two years. Ephraim and the library. His conversation with the
head of the convict colony. The identity of the paralyzed man not
established.
XIV. RESCUE ISLAND Page 175
The visitors at Hutoton received with rejoicing. John invites the leader
to accompany them to Wonder Island. Retlaw, the captive, rescued,
brought ashore. Caramo thought he recognized him. Sailing of the
Pioneer for Wonder Island. Calling at the Malolo village. Ta Babeda
agrees to accompany them to Wonder Island. Naming the island Rescue.
The latitude and longitude noted. Introducing Ta Babeda to the
cannibal Chief Ephraim. He explains how the Korinos misrepresented
him and his people. The new world to Babeda when he stepped on
board the Pioneer. The trip to Wonder Island. The mysteries on board
the ship to the Chief. His inquisitive nature. How he characterized
electricity. Ephraim's concern for his children. Approaching Enterprise
River. The steamship Wonder in sight. The greeting. Going up the river.
The excitement in Unity. The